title: All-cast-titanium removable partial denture for a patient with a severely reduced interarch distance: a case report.
abstract: A patient had a maxillary posterior edentulous area and severely reduced interarch distance that precluded the use of a conventional removable partial denture. An all-cast-titanium denture base and occlusal surface was designed to fabricate a removable denture to restore the edentulous area. Titanium was cast in a centrifugal casting machine with electric are melting design. The desirable characteristics of titanium, such as favorable mechanical properties, low density, and comparatively low cost, make this metal particularly effective and suitable for construction of an all-cast-metal denture base with a metal occlusal surface.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizutani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003735:Dental Casting Technique; D003779:Denture Design; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla; D014025:Titanium; D014716:Vertical Dimension
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium